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Hell Cats

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Hell Cats is a veteran-led podcast hosted by Marine Corps veteran Maura Sullivan and Navy veteran Rebecca Bennett. Each week, Maura and Rebecca sit down with women who have served their country—in uniform and beyond—to explore leadership, military service, family, public service, and the challenges facing America today. Through candid conversations with veterans, military leaders, journalists, historians, and changemakers, Hell Cats shines a light on voices too often overlooked in conversations about national security and civic leadership. The show’s name honors the “Lady Hell Cats,” some of t...

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Two Veterans on Patriotism in Trump's America 10.07.2026 50:29

Welcome back to Hell Cats. This week, right after the Fourth of July, Maura Sullivan and Rebecca Bennett turn from their own stories to a bigger question: what does it actually mean to be patriotic in America right now? From Trump's approach to NATO and Ukraine to the Supreme Court's latest ruling on guns, the two veterans are clear-eyed about where the country's leadership is failing, and just as...

The 18th Woman to Fly as a Navy Test Pilot: Rebecca Bennett's Story 03.07.2026 37:18

Welcome back to Hell Cats. This week, the roles reverse. Maura sits down with her co-host, Rebecca Bennett, to trace her journey — from growing up in small-town Texas, to choosing Navy ROTC and the hardest engineering program she could find, to flying helicopters through the Strait of Hormuz, to becoming the eighteenth woman to qualify as a U.S. Navy test pilot. Along the way, they talk about why...

You Can’t Be What You Can’t See: Maura Sullivan’s Story 30.06.2026 45:40

Most Americans don't picture women like Maura Sullivan and Rebecca Bennett when they picture a military veteran. Hell Cats exists to change that. In this premiere, two women veterans whose lives have run on strikingly parallel tracks — a Marine and a Navy helicopter pilot, both ROTC, both deployed, both moms — start telling the stories of women who served, led, and kept serving long after they lef...